Archive for July 27th, 2011

Well, I finally took the plunge and downloaded Samsung’s Kies app to my PC as I’d been reading that Samsung delivered new firmware using it, and that FOTA was not their thing. I have a Galaxy Tab as well as my HTC Desire, and was keen to get it some Gingerbread action.

So, with everything installed on my PC, I plugged in the Tab, fired up Kies, and sure enough it identified my firmware as needing an update and after backing up my data, installed the new firmware.

Be aware, Kies is not fast, so be patient. It took a good hour to back up and install the new firmware, so give it time.

One reboot later and Gingerbread has left my Tab with few obvious changes, but with a definite feel that everything was ‘perkier’, with menus sliding back and forth with ease, and a Quadrant Standard score that is seemingly better than the original firmware.

And that is where most people need to stop reading, because if you have no need of root, then that’s all you need to do in order to get some Gingerbread action.

Me, I need root as I have some software that needs it, such as the lifesaver that is Titanium backup.